Mayte Santacruz, a product of Santa Ana schools, is the new president of the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association. COURTESY OF OC HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION

SANTA ANA - Mayte Santacruz, a product of Santa Ana schools, is the new president of the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association.

Santacruz graduated from Boalt Hall, the UC Berkeley School of Law in 2008. In June, she was honored by the Public Law Center as attorney of the year for her pro bono work helping immigrant victims of crime, and later received recognition for her pro bono work from the State Bar of California.

As a student, she received the association's Wally Davis Memorial Scholarship in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Santacruz attended Santa Ana College and graduated cum laude from UC Irvine in 2005. She established the Mayte Santacruz Pre-Law Scholarship Fund in 2011, which awards a scholarship each year to a Latino high school senior or college student interested in pursuing a career in law.

She succeeds Jose Gonzalez, who is now the immediate past president.

The Hispanic Bar Association will hold its 35th annual scholarship fundraiser and installation dinner March 2 at the Disney Grand Californian Hotel. See ochba.org.

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